This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/tigers as Tarik Skubal Gives Thoughts On Tigers' Trade Deadline Approach. Based on the first half the Detroit Tigers had, everyone knew they would be buying in some capacity ahead of the trade deadline. But no one quite knew what to expect.

The Detroit Tigers own one of the best records in all of baseball, and for the first time in nearly a decade, they’re buyers at the trade deadline.